Areas of Expertise

Bio

Dr. Hammer is the director of OSU’s Relational Cultural Theory Lab and is an assistant
professor in the College of Education’s School of Applied Health and Educational Psychology
at Oklahoma State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision
from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Hammer is an active scholar
with research interests in the areas of body image and eating disorders, humiliation
and language particularly with regard to marginalized populations, relational cultural
theory, and the area of professional identity and competence in the counseling field.
Dr. Hammer has written on issues impacting women both as clients and as professionals.